American notes and reprinted pieces / by Charles Dickens ; with eight illustrations.
Published / Created:
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, [1868]
Physical Description:
[8], 316, 172 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations in American notes and reprinted pieces are signed MS (Marcus Stone?). Illustrations in The uncommercial traveller are by Edward Gurden Dalziel. Engravings for both parts by Dalziel Brothers.
Contents:
American notes -- Long voyage -- Begging-letter writer -- Child's dream of a star -- Our English watering-place -- Our French watering-place -- Bill-sticking -- "Births, Mrs. Meeks, of a son" -- Lying awake -- Poor relations's story -- Child's story -- Schoolboy's story -- Nobody's story -- Ghost of art -- Out of town -- Out of the season -- Poor man's tale of a patent -- Noble savage -- Flight -- Detective police -- Three 'detective' anecdotes -- On duty with Inspector Field -- Down with the tide -- Walk in a workhouse -- Prince Bull: a fairy tale -- Plated article -- Our honorable friend -- Our school -- Our vestry -- Our bore -- Monument of French folly -- Christmas tree -- Uncommercial traveller.
Subject Terms:
United States -- Description and travel -- 19th century. | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Chapman and Hall -- Publisher. | Virtue and Co. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1868.
Contributors:
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. American notes. | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Uncommercial traveller. | Dalziel, Edward Gurdon, 1849-1889, ill. | Stone, Marcus, 1840-1921, ill. | Dalziel Brothers engraver.